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The Most Reverend John Tong Hon, VG


    - Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong
    - Members of the Board of Governors of HSSC
    - Executive Director of HSSC
    - Editor-in-Cheif of Tripod


Personal Particulars


       The bishop is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary, and Director of the Holy Spirit Study Centre.

       Bishop Tong was born in Hong Kong but later moved with his parents to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. He received his formation for the priesthood at St. Josephs¡¦s Minor Seminary, Macau, and did his theological and philosophical studies at the Regional Seminary in Hong Kong and the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He was ordinated to the priesthood in Rome. He also studies Chinese philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

       Bishop Tong has been teaching dogmatic theology and Chinese philosophy at the Holy Spirit Seminary College since 1970. he has served as Director of the Holy Spirit Study Centre since its inception in 1980.

       In 1992, he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Hong Kong. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong Kong, Titular Bishop of Bossa, in 1996, and was ordained a bishop on December 9, 1996. On January 30, 2008, he was appointed Coadjutor of Hong Kong.

       Besides numerous articles and books on China and the Catholic Church in China, Bishop Tong Has written An Introduction to the Book of Genesis for college students of theology and Scripture.

 

Contact

    - Bishop's Office
      Address: Catholic Diocese Centre, 12/F.,
                      16, Caine Road, Hong Kong.
      Tel: 2843-4679, 2524-1633, 2525-7652
      Fax: (852) 2525-4707
      Email: bishophk@pacific.net.hk

    - Holy Spirit Study Centre
      Address: 6, Welfare Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
      Tel: (852) 2553-0141 / 2553-0142
      Fax: (852) 2873-1545
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